The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-26
THE CAPITAL.

TAI The CAFlIAL
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTER-sTATl
DAIRYMEN AND FRUIT.GROw-
>. ERs' CONVENTION.
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The special train bearing the dele
gates to this Convention, from tn,
. Western States, arrived last Wednes
day afternoon, at. four O'Clock. Up
wards of two hundred gentlemen anG
ladies composed the party. A com
mittee of our citizens met them al
Grenada, and assigned them to theiI
homes in Jackson. On their arrival
at the depot, our citizens In greal
numbers were on hand to greet them,
and the Capital Light Guards and
Gem Band gave their best salute and
best music. Carriages conveyed the
entire party III a few minutes to the
several places assigned them. 1t
was a hearty, whole-souled welcome,
and was thoroughly appreciated by
the visitors.
The formal reception took place in
the Hall of the House of Representa-
tives at 8 o'clock. The spacious
chamber, On main floor and gallery,
was densely packed. Fair hands and
bright flowers ..and evergreens had
transformed the desks of Speakers
and Clerk into bowers of beauty, and
when Hon. W, L.. Hemingway, as
Chairman of the Committee of Ar
rangemerts, called the Convention
to order, all were prepared for the
feast of good things that followed.
Hon. w. D. Hoard, of Wiscon sin,
was chosen President, and a match
less presiding officer he proved him
self to be. His remarks on taking
the chair were most feIicitious. Gov
ernor Lowry, Mayor McGill and Col.
Hooker then followed in addresses of
welcome, each elicitit1g well-deserv,
ed applause. These were responded
to by Hon. H. H. Gray, Of Wiscon-
sin , Prof. Jonathan Piper, of Chica-
go, Governor j.. L. Pennington, of
Dakota, Mr.. Seeds, of Iowa, and Mr..
Herbert, Of Minnesota. Five Vice
Presidents were then chosen, and
the organization was perfected by the
election of Commissioner Carlisle as
secretary, with several assistants.
1nasmuch as the official proceed
ings are soon to be published for
general distribution, we will note on.
Iy the papers read, and by whom.
On the second day, "rhe Impor-
lance -four Grass Crops" by 8. A.
Knapp; Of Lake Charles, La.
southern Native Grasses,n by DR..
D. T.. Phares, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College Of Mississippi;
"The Climate of Mississippi" by
Prof. r. B. Fulton; Of Oxford, Miss;
"How ! Fed the Cows and Made the
Butter that Took tile Sweepstakes at
the Interstate Fair" by G. l.. Beach,
Of Whitewater, Wis. ''How to Make
a Creamy Profitable" by H. d.
Sherman, Of Monticello, Dairy Com
Horse for the South" by Geo; E.
Brown; Of Auroro, Ill.,, was read, in
which strong arguments were pre-
scented in favor of the Cleveland bays.
Another great crowd filed the hall
on Thursday night. Hon. b. A. En-.
loe discoursed, in a humorous style,
on .'Diversi6ed Farming" Judge
Coffin, of Iowa, followed, on "The
Secret of Successful Farming in To-.
wa-dO it Yourself" Mrs, Clara
Rutledge, his accomplished daugh-
ter, being called upon; made d brief
and practical response.
On Friday, papers were fead A fol.
lows: allow Shall We Regain the
Lost Fertility Of Our Land?" by
Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
lege; "Bermuda and Other Grasses.u
by DR.. NJ. w. Phillips. of Oxford
Miss. improvements IN Dairv Mo-
chinery," by Hon, b, W. Curtis. Of
Fort Atkinson, Wis; "Necessitv of
Dairy Education Among Farmers.n
by Hon. w. u, Hoard. editor of
Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkimsom